Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, was founded in 1901 by Presbyterian missionaries. Originally starting as an elementary school for boys, the school expanded to become a university in 1938 and today, comprises ten colleges, four schools, and two institutes, enrolling approximately over 8,700 students from different parts of the Philippines and over 26 foreign countries. It is registered as a National Landmark by the National Historical Institute.
These photos were taken on the last day of our trip to Dumaguete last August. We took a stroll around the school grounds and watched the students mill about. The weather was great and we had a nice blue sky as backdrop for the lovely old buildings. However the anthropological museum, which I've read so much about, was closed that day, and I shall have to find the time to visit Dumaguete again to look at their collections.
Still, a good time was had by all... my companions had fun running down the empty corridors pretending to be students all over again. By late afternoon a wedding was taking place at the university church, so we sat on the benches in front of the church, reminiscing the highlights of our trip (we had gone boating, snorkeling and dolphin watching in the days before that), laughing at the funnier parts of it, and just enjoying each other's company before we flew back to Manila.
It was a nice, slow day; a perfect ending to our Dumaguete holiday. :) |
Recess |
Pasado |
Sem break |
The university was named after this man, a retired businessman and philanthropist from Cohoes, New York who gave the initial sum of $10,000 to start the school. |
Silliman Hall |
Silliman University, Dumaguete City August 21, 2010 |